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Tickets: (812) 855-1103
Tickets: (812) 855-1103
36 Underground Film Series
Underground Alice
Various Directors
February 14 - Friday - 6:30 p.m.
Since the early years of cinema, Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland has been adapted many times over. This screening
features three "underground" adaptations, each of which in its
own way eschews conventional logic and narrative order--much in
the spirit of the original novel. Curious Alice (1968), produced by
the National Institute of Mental Health, uses a psychedelic blend
of live action and animation to ostensibly counsel children on the
perils of drug use. Malice in Wonderland (1982) is animator Vince
Collins' reimagining of the story as a Freudian nightmare. Finally,
Bill Osco's Alice in Wonderland: An X-Rated Musical Fantasy
(1976) is a hardcore cult classic of the porno chic era that takes
itself equally seriously as a musical comedy. Viewed together, all
three make for an evening that--as Alice herself would say--just
gets "curiouser and curiouser." (Digital. 96 min. Multiple Ratings.)
No one under 18 will be admitted.
This series is presented in partnership
with the Department of Communication
and Culture and Film and Media Studies.
Thanks to the Underground programming
team that includes Russell Sheaffer, Lau-
ra Ivins-Hulley, Eric Zobel, Jamie Hook,
Christopher Miles, and Joan Hawkins.
Screenings are free, but ticketed.
Girls Behaving Badly
January 31 - Friday - 6:30 p.m.
J'ai faim, j'ai froid (1984) Directed by Chantal Akerman, Daisies (1966) Directed by Vsra Chytilová
"It was stifling there," explains a teenager who has just run away from home. This program presents
two films about young women who turn their backs on social rules and forge their own paths. In Chantal
Akerman's 1984 short, J'ai faim, j'ai froid, two teens run off toward Paris, stealing food and refusing the
idea of employment. Their journey, however, repeatedly leaves them hungry. Then, Vsra Chytilová's 1966
feature film, Daisies, follows the irreverent shenanigans of two young women named Marie. Like the teens
in Akerman's short, both Maries possess an insatiable appetite, and they have a knack for destruction.
(35mm. 86 min. Not Rated.)
Contains mature content.